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• The first ever podcast ranker for the UK was published by Edison Podcast Metrics UK, and covered in The Observer. The BBC has just one show in the top 10, though is the largest publisher in the top 25.
  • Writing in The Observer, Miranda Sawyer suggests the chart highlights that specialism is key. In comparison to the US chart, UK listeners appear to listen to less raw entertainment, and more informative, focused shows: science, history and personal finance make an appearance.
  • Matt Deegan writes about it, including details of an earlier prototype UK ranker; and research veteran Adam Bowie compares the data to other published lists.
• 55% of business leaders in the UK listen to podcasts every day, according to new research from branded content agency Lower Street and media research firm ContentFX.
• Podcast hosting company Captivate has launched Captivate for Publishers - a way to sell premium podcast subscriptions. The tool can interface with existing subscriber systems, and offers enhanced network-focused analytics.

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• In the UK, it's National Inclusion Week, and the Simple Content podcast has released an accessible media player to allow a wider number of people to enjoy it.
• Ashley Carman reports on a closed-door meeting organised by Libsyn at Podcast Movement about fraudulent download numbers. Some fraud is easy to spot, the company said, including podcasters editing screenshots of their data, or unusual levels of traffic from browsers.
• CrimeCon announced the winners of the second annual Clue awards. There are two podcast awards.
• A free event on International Podcast Day, Sept 30, in Singapore: Podcast Podtalk 2023 is from 2pm-6pm.
• Further reading: Australia tops the world for podcast listening. Why do we love them so much?

The Tech Stuff

• Adam and Tina Curry published an overview of Podcasting 2.0, including the value4value model. 14,000 podcasts are now using it - and, unlike the ad-funded model, revenue from value4value also helps fund the whole ecosystem, including podcast hosting companies and app development.
• Spotify appears to have dropped all support for unencrypted http:// links in episode descriptions. In our tests, only https:// links appear to be clickable in descriptions. We discovered this because some of our supporters, who are credited in most podcast players, have been supporters so long, they didn't have https:// websites in 2017…
• Run a podcast app, website or service? Have you had a legal claim for "unauthorised image use" from a company called Copyright Agent A/S for podcast artwork you're reproducing from RSS feeds? We're writing a story on this company's business. editor@podnews.net will find us; we protect our sources.

Podcast News

• From the Airwave podcast network: Earn & Invest has thought-provoking conversations that empower you to Earn and Invest wisely, shaping your future while making informed decisions today. Recent episodes have looked at early retirement.
• The winner of "outstanding episodic series" of CrimeCon, Dateline: Missing In America focuses on one person’s story, as told by those left behind
• The winner of "Outstanding Podcast Docuseries" at CrimeCon, Freeway Phantom looks at the unsolved murders of six black girls whose bodies were found dumped by the side of DC freeways. Who was the Freeway Phantom; why didn't the murders make the news headlines; and what new evidence is there which might open the case once more?

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• Acast's Ross Adams and Podscribe's Pete Birsinger are the guests on the Podnews Weekly Review this week, explaining Acast's recent decision to stop accepting Spotify Ad Analytics and instead to offer Podscribe for free, along with using a number of other attribution partners. Ross tells us: "Relying solely on a one-publisher environment for data aggregation could, we believe, introduce bias and self-promotion. That hinders the objective analysis of data. Podscribe, it's worth noting, doesn't sell media. Spotify does." The interview is in full in the Podnews Weekly Review.
• Triton Digital released its US Podcast Ranker for August. There were two new entries in the podcast list, which measures participating publishers.
• Tip: we hear that the first-ever Edison Podcast Metrics ranker for the UK will be published in The Observer on Sunday.

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• Spotify announced their newest Batman show, “The Riddler: Secrets In The Dark” will debut exclusively on the platform on Tuesday Oct 10. The press release is notable in not using the word "podcast" at all; the text on the artwork reads "A Spotify Audio Series".
• Daniel J Lewis's My Podcast Reviews is set to have an upgrade - and a new name: Podgagement. The service has had a full rewrite; signing up before launch gets you the current, lower, price.
• The hosts of Strike Force Five have cancelled a planned benefit show in Las Vegas tomorrow. Jimmy Kimmel has COVID. The show earns money for the late-night show hosts' employees who are impacted by the Hollywood writers' strike.
• Kym Treasure from Audacia Audio writes in ExchangeWire about the significance of digital audio advertising in today's dynamic marketing landscape.

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Tips & Tricks

• Riverside's Stephen Robles looks at the big changes in iOS 17's Apple Podcasts in a fancy video. As the podcast app responsible for more plays than any other, it's worthwhile tweaking what you do to make sure it looks great.

Podcast News

• From the Airwave Podcast Network: IGN Daily Update is IGN’s daily update on the world of video games, movies, and television, featuring the latest news, previews, and reviews. It recently looked at announcements from Nintendo and Playstation, as well as the success of The Little Mermaid on Disney+.
• Even accountants find it hard to get on top of their personal finances: and caba, an occupational charity, has launched The Cash Conversation to help. New research suggests that almost half of all young accountants experience anxiety around their financial security. The show is weekly and launched this week.
• Small Town Dicks is back for a thirteenth series. It's co-hosted by Yeardley Smith (the iconic voice of Lisa Simpson), identical twin detectives Dan and Dave, and acclaimed Cold Case investigator, NYT best-selling author, and true crime expert Paul Holes. The podcast explores big-time crime in small towns through in-depth, first-hand accounts from the detectives that cracked each case.

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• Headliner has added a free transcription service into Make, the company's audiogram and video tool. Once you log in, look for the big pink transcribe button. The product, called Eddy, also allows you to edit a podcast as if it's a word document. (We were given a complimentary subscription to Headliner to publish the Podnews Weekly Review on YouTube.)
• Lemonada Media has signed The Sarah Silverman Podcast to its lineup. The show was on Kast Media, which stands accused of not paying its creators.
• The Australian Podcast Awards shared the current top 20 for the listener's choice vote. There's still time to vote for your favourite.

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• Radiotopia from PRX announced its new Q3/23 slate.
• Persephonica is behind another new podcast, announced today by The News Movement. The show launches in early October, and will be a twelve-part series that will tackle the issues that are cutting through for a Gen Z audience, hosted by Mary Mandefield.
• Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions has launched a scripted podcast series Say More with Dr? Sheila as part of a new division, Paper Kite Podcasts. It's a co-production with Audacy.
• Podcast advertising planning company Magellan AI launched a new feature: 'reports on demand'.
• TPX has published five reasons why podcasts are a perfect fit for holiday ad campaigns. It points out that the Hollywood strike and the blackout of Canadian news on Facebook and Instagram is making it even harder for advertisers to reach consumers.
• The schedule for the Paris Podcast Festival is now online. The event is Oct 13-14. Meanwhile, Spotify held Festival EQUAL in Buenos Aires last week, "to celebrate the creativity and talent that women bring to the music and podcast scenes".

Moves and Hires

• Zak Levitt has joined Ballen Studios as Head of Production. He was Executive Vice President of Production at Audacy's Cadence13.

Podcast News

• From the Airwave Podcast Network: Data Over Dogma isn't your pastor’s Bible podcast. This is a deep interrogation of the book, and we’re bringing receipts. Bible scholar Dr. Dan McClellan and atheist podcaster Dan Beecher team up to discover what the Bible actually says, what it decidedly doesn’t say (even if everyone thinks it does), and explore the history of the most popular book of all time.
• Supply chain بالعربي is claimed to be the first Arabic-language podcast for procurement and supply chain professionals in MENA. The press release tells us why it's important: podcasts using the Arabic language are less than 0.4% of the global podcast numbers, serving Arabic speakers who represent 4% of the global population.
• In the UK, The Digital Her Podcast is new today, as part of a Greater Manchester-wide initiative that encourages women into the tech industry. It brings together women from the 350-strong Digital Her community to have a series of inspiring conversations about what the tech industry has to offer, what opportunities are available, as well as topics that affect many people such as understanding Imposter Syndrome or moving into leadership roles.
• SCREAMING CREATIVITY is a new video podcast from WPP - the world’s largest marketing and communications company, hosted by WPP Chief Creative Officer Rob Reilly. It's all about what it means to be creative; and who determines what creativity is?
• KJZZ’s Kathy Ritchie likes to talk about things that make most people uncomfortable. KJZZ’s Period, The End is an educational series about menopause, a chapter of life that can be gut wrenching, exhausting and just plain confusing. It launched yesterday.
• It's almost Halloween already, it would seem: Mina and Lucy’s Guide to Slaying Dracula launches today from Gen-Z Media, with Bradley Whitford as the legendary vampire hunter, Professor Van Helsing. It's a 20-episode comedy adventure, which wraps up on the lead-up to Halloween itself.

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• Sony Music is to lay off "a significant percentage" of its podcast division, according to a report in Bloomberg. The company is also to cancel High Low with EmRata, its celebrity podcast with Emily Ratajkowski.
• Podcasts are now available via search in the YouTube Music app in many more countries. A search for Podnews Daily now finds our podcast in - according to our searches - Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand (and, perhaps, other countries too) - along with the US, Canada and Latin America, who've had it for a while. It in-youtube-music.png">looks like this. We're not yet seeing podcasts appear in search results in Europe or the Middle East; though the search box correctly auto-completes "Podnews Daily".
• AdLarge, Flightpath and Sounder have announced an integration to offer brand safety, contextual targeting, and customized campaign forecasting and planninng.

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• Podcast website creator Podpage has released Podpage Elite, a premium subscription for creators which offers many more features, including an advanced SEO analysis tool, episode deep-linking, and link tracking.
• Freakonomics Radio is to launch a paid membership program with Supporting Cast. Members will get access to exclusive episodes as well as ad-free access.
• Arab podcast platform Podeo has onboarded Dubai-based podcast network Dukkan Media into its hosting and distribution platform.
• Castos is now offering free podcast transcripts for all shows.
• Blubrry has quietly launched support for the new podcast namespace in Podcast Mirror, the company's RSS feed mirroring platform. It now means you can accept value-for-value payments, and support other new features, wherever you host your podcast. A full launch will happen shortly.

Podcast News

• From the Airwave Podcast Network: Good morning from Engadget! In Engadget Morning Edition, join Mat Smith as he takes you through the day’s biggest tech stories.
• Win or lose, sink or swim: one thing is certain, we'll never give in. McCartney: A Life in Lyrics is new from Pushkin Industries and iHeart, and is a collaboration between the former Beatle and the poet Paul Muldoon. Arm in arm, hand in hand, we all stand together in downloading the first episode, out today.
• Ohio Roots was launched yesterday - the official podcast of the Ohio Genealogical Society. You can expect discussions that delve into a wide range of topics, uncovering captivating stories and shedding light on Ohio's intricate past.
• Handsome Molly is a new YA fiction podcast, based on a novel by Joëlle Anthony. The story, a dystopian near-future adventure set on Canada’s west coast, was adapted by The Chop Theatre, and re-worked for audio by JAR Audio.
• The Reason We’re All Still Here is from Gilded Audio, and is hosted by world-renowned nuclear expert and professor, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis. The show will introduce listeners to the private citizens who step in to manage global problems when their governments can’t or won’t - scientists, analysts, and idealists who’ve gone to crazy lengths just for a shot at making peace and building understanding.
• Former British Champion and the first Black woman to ever swim for Great Britain, Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell hosts the second series of the Physical Capital podcast which launches today. The show will focus on the human relationship with swimming, including how humans' ability to swim has been influenced by politics, geography and the unequal distribution of resources. It's from Broccoli Productions.

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• iOS 17 has been released for iPhone and iPad. A free update, it includes significant changes for Apple Podcasts, unlocking episode art and a new Now Playing experience among other features. Episode art is already supported by Spotify, Pocket Casts and other large apps: you'll find it in our daily and weekly podcasts.
• First look: Acast has announced a partnership with Slip.Stream, offering all Acast podcasters access to more than 70,000 royalty-free music tracks for use in their content creation. Acast creators get free access for six months and a discount thereafter.
• Data: PodPros released its Actively Established Podcast Report for September. The report pulls in a number of data points for the industry, including industry download averages and a scoring of hosting providers.

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• First look: Triton Digital unveiled its Canada Podcast Trends report with data from the country. An accompaniment to the Canadian Podcast Ranker, it reveals that Canadians listen to three hours of podcasts on average per week, and that true crime is the most popular category.
• First look: Lemonada Media has launched a full-service studio for brand, talent, foundation and non-profit partners looking to create original podcasts.
• First look: NPR has renewed a brand-lift measurement solution with Veritonic, to measure the impact of their client and sponsor audio campaigns.
• PodReacher has unveiled a service that turns your podcast into a book, and can publish it on Amazon within eight weeks.
• A new version of Open AI's Whisper speech recognition software was released today. It includes improvements to word timestamp accuracy and support for the podcast namespace requirements. Ryan Heise tells us the magical incantation is: whisper --word_timestamps True --max_line_width 32 --max_line_count 2 audio.mp3 which outputs JSON, SRT, VTT and TXT formats. (As of today, we also support JSON transcripts).
• Apple has an Apple Podcast Studio in Apple Park, Cupertino. The team at Las Charlas de Applesfera recorded it in directly after Apple's Wonderlust event. The podcast team describe it as "a generously sized recording room that includes everything any podcaster needs to produce quality content". The Podnews Weekly Review would sound nice from there, just saying.

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Moves and Hires

• Programmatic audio platform Audiohook has announced David Krulewich (DK) as the company's Chief Revenue Officer.
• Amy Westervelt, founder of Drilled Global and the Critical Frequency podcast network, has received a Journalist Of the Year award from Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration co-founded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation. Watch the video announcing the award.

Tips & Tricks

• Talib Jasir, the founder of the Afros & Audio Podcast Festival, suggests 11 ways to repurpose a podcast.

Podcast News

• Sunday's episode of NPR's Up First was from Radio Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. This Coal Life was a story starting in Emalahleni FM in Mpumalanga, and worked on by senior producer Dhashen Moodley and youth reporter Siya Mokoena, who spent six months covering what will happen to families who have built their lives on coal as South Africa moves towards renewable energy.
• Lava for Good has launched Earwitness, a podcast docuseries that dives into the wrongful conviction of Toforest Johnson — a man who is now sitting on death row in Alabama. On October 2, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide if it will hear Toforest's case.
• Circumnavigate with Bear Grylls and Coyote Peterson is new today from Outdoor.com and Backyard Ventures. Episodes will feature Grylls and Peterson virtually traveling the globe to speak to adventurers and athletes about their expeditions, careers and motivation.
• From the Airwave Podcast Network: History of the Second World War is a weekly podcast which looks at World War II, beginning with the tumultuous years after the First World War, continuing into the descent into war during the 1930s, through the war years, and then into the post war aftermath.

Podcast promotion in the wild

Seen by Podnews reader Katie on the London Underground, Audible is marketing series three of the Steve Coogan podcast From The Oasthouse, The Alan Partridge Podcast. An "Oast house" (two words) is a building in Southern England designed to dry hops, the chief ingredient of beer, apart from water that is, which we guess is really the chief ingredient of beer come to think of it. Here are some house-oasthouse.html?sortBy=relevant&utm_source=podnews.net&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=podnews.net:2023-09-19">pictures of oast houses that we can't afford to buy from Alamy.

Podcast promotion in the wild is our series showing podcasts being promoted on poster sites, in tube trains, on aeroplanes, those stickers in the gents, on t-shirts, postcards and all kinds of other places, reaching the 58% of people who don't listen to podcasts at least once a month, because that's where the real growth is. It also lets us write things about beer and/or oast houses. Send any you spot (podcast promotion, not oast houses) to editor@podnews.net or just hit reply.

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